Elven Heavy Cavalry (Gripping Beast Goth Elite Cavalry)

 At Salute 2023, Renedra had an offer on Gripping Beast plastic box sets. On the Lead Adventures forum someone had used the Goth Elite Cavalry as Elven Cavalry with a suitable head transplant..

So a box was added to my load.

The box is of standard dimensions and contains four sprues, each sprue builds three cavalry figures.

Each sprue has seven heads, three shields, four lances, two swords (with optional two axes) and two standards (one of which is a Draco style one).

The head/body joint is a flat iron shaped neck on the body and a corresponding flat area on the underside of the head.

For elves, the helmeted heads from the Oathmark Elf light infantry was used. They have a ball joint, so a pilot hole was drilled into the neck part of the body, and that was opened up with larger diameter drills until a 3mm drill made the correct size for the head.

The horse had a feather from the same sprue added to the head with the feather projecting back between the ears. I did contemplate making them unicorns, but they were not bulky enough.

Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago - Gripping Beast Arabs

Gripping Beast do a box of Arab spearmen and archers. The box contains identical eight sprues.

Two of the figures have separate pairs of arms and can be equipped with either a bow or spear. There is one arm with a straight arm and another with a trumpet.  There are eight heads and five shields per sprue.

Here are five figures from the sprue plus a sailor from the Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago sailors set.

Two spear men.

Two bowmen.

A swordsman and a Ghost Archipelago sailor.

Once and Future options

Crooked Dice have just released the Once and Future Supplement for their 7th Voyage game (currently as PDF with a printed version out shortly).

This includes three new settings, Beowulf, King Arthur and (topically) Robin Hood.

Now, this gave me the inspiration to dig out some of the plastic box sets I bought a while back (and buy a new one at the weekend).

Beowulf and the sagas are an opportunity to use the Viking and Saxon figures from Gripping Beast (and Wargames Factory) and perhaps the Celts by Warlord Games.

 Gripping Beast Saxon and Viking together with a Wargames Factory Saxon.

Bring Me Sunshine...

Warlord Games Celt.

The King Arthur setting (I know he was Dark Ages, but the normal setting is more 14/15th century).
Perry Miniatures do four box sets, Men at Arms, Foot Knights, European mercenaries and Knights.

 Two Men at Arms

Foot Knight (with a Wargames Factory Survivor head).

And finally a comparison shot: